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Pick of the Week - 19/12/2010

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Sheila McClennon makes her selection from the past seven days of BBC Radio On Pick of the week this week - Sheila Hancock shares her first kiss - with a dishy Danny Kaye lookalike on a French exchange. Explorer Sir Wilfred Thesiger travels across the scorching Arabian desert and Richard Cohen Chases the Sun to the Antarctic for a spectacular solar eclipse. If the thought of family over the festive period is making you fraught - how about renting some fake relatives for the day instead? We hear why it's an increasingly popular option in Japan. Nicholas Parsons pops up playing a slimy TV host and Count Arthur Strong is having trouble finding a receipt - inside his imaginary dog Joan Turner: The Highs and Lows of the Wacky Warbler - Radio 4 Teenage Diary - Radio 4 For the Love of a Child - Radio 4 All in the Mind - Radio 4 A Friend in Need - Radio 4 Count Arthur Strong - Radio 4 The Other Simenon - Striptease - Radio 4 Inside the Life Drawing Class - Radio 4 5 Live - Your Call - Radio 5 Live Thesiger at 100 - Radio 4 Chasing the Sun - Radio 4 The Big Squeeze - Radio 4 Chequebook and Pen - Radio 4 Just A Minute - Radio 4 PHONE: 0370 010 0400 Email: [email protected] or www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/potw Producer: Jane Worsley.